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South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP) on BlueSky! Supporting postgraduate research across Social Sciences with funding, training, and community engagement. Join us to explore research, connect, and collaborate! https://southcoastdtp.ac.uk/
🏳️‍🌈 Presentation Highlight: Ramon Almeida

Ramon’s research examines how Brazil’s criminalisation of homophobia and transphobia is working in practice—and where it falls short. Through interviews and fieldwork with NGOs, victims, and justice actors..
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
💼 Presentation Highlight: Barbara Sherriff

Barbara’s research examines how employers can better support young people’s wellbeing and performance in a post-COVID workforce...

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🔍Two presentations are underway in Breakout Session 2:

🧠 Chloe Eddy — Understanding and supporting autistic girls in school: predictors of engagement, disengagement and exclusion

🧩 Michael Miles — The role of trauma in the association between autism and psychosis

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
📚 Presentation Highlight: Khaleda Brophy-Harmer

Her research examines how whiteness is performed & written about in the Mass Observation Project (1990–2000). Using a new tripartite methodological approach, she explores how racialised identities, emotions, and imaginaries appear in MO writing ..
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Missing out live posting on so many great presentations in Breakout Session 1, but that’s a wrap for the morning!
A fantastic set of talks and discussions from our researchers.

After breaking for lunch — Breakout Session 2 is now underway!

#SCDTPFYC2526 #ShapingJustFutures
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🌍 Presentation Highlight: Nasrat Sayed

Nasrat’s research examines how climate migrants in Karachi’s informal settlements access and experience social protection. Through interviews and community engagement...
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌿 Presentation Highlight: Qianwen Duan from University of Southampton. Qianwen explored how counter-urbanisation—people moving from cities to suburban and rural areas—reshapes ecosystems. Using mobile device data across 35 countries..
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📊 Presentation Highlight: Tulimegameno Amutenya

Tulimegameno shared important work on small-area population forecasting in low- and middle-income countries — focusing on how geospatial big data, household surveys, and administrative datasets can improve population estimates between censuses...
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Next up Shuting Chen on #biodiversity conservation and #poverty alleviation. Wish you could see the data visualisation (camera not working!) The diversity of topics and advanced methods at #SCDTPFYC2526 is truly impressive.
December 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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‼️ Don't miss our training session on Thursday, 'How to Write a Policy Brief', led by Head of PPS Gareth Giles.

🗓️ Thursday 11 December 12:00 - 13:00
📍 Highfield Campus 100/5015
🔗 Book your place: buff.ly/Cmlcqpj
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Totally accomplished presentation from Max Dixon on Taiwanese-British relations. Like everyone presenting today at #SCDTPFY2526 he is a credit to the SCDTP. Look out for his podcast on our Talking of Research Podcast too.
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Tulimegameno Amutenya kicking off the student presentations for #SCDTPFYC2526 in local lives global impact session. Important stuff on school enrolment data in Namibia. Complex issues with admin data and nomadic peoples.
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Fabulous next episode in our Talking of Research Podcast series
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We’ve just heard an inspiring keynote from Pascal Matthias, Associate Vice President for EDI & Social Justice at the University of Southampton.
Pascal spoke about amplifying the voices and ambitions of racialised, minoritised and marginalised communities..
December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Our welcome address has just begun!
A warm start to a day, our first keynote, we were honoured to hear from Dr @maishaislam.bsky.social, Research Culture Lead for EDI at the University of Southampton’s Doctoral College. #SCDTPFYC2526
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Thank you @maishaislam for getting the #DCDTPFYC2526 conference off to a great start by speaking from the heart...
First keynote Maisha Islam - argues for using the PhD to heal injustices. And activism and love and a great tribute to bell hooks. Loving the SCDTP conference so far!
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
First keynote Maisha Islam - argues for using the PhD to heal injustices. And activism and love and a great tribute to bell hooks. Loving the SCDTP conference so far!
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
We'll be posting a few updates as the SCDTP Final Year Conference 2025 is happening now! #SCDTPFYC2526
Today we’re celebrating our final-year researchers as they share their work under this year’s theme: ‘Shaping Just Futures’.

📍 The Queens Hotel Portsmouth
Osborne Road & Clarence Parade
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Other disciplines would do well to have their own adverts like this!
The Department of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton is seeking candidates to apply for fully funded PhD positions through the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP; @scdtp.bsky.social).

🗓️ Deadline for 2026/27 entry: 16 January 2026, 16:00 GMT

More info ⬇️
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is the 3rd podcast in our new series of Talking of Research. It's about using AI responsibly, equitably & effectively in early learning. @cbokhove.bsky.social @uoseducation.bsky.social you'll be interested I'm sure. open.spotify.com/episode/7Aae...
AI Tutor Bots and the Future of Primary Education with Nick Huxley
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December 2, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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🎙️ Out now - Episode 3 of #SpeakingofResearch from @scdtp.bsky.social

We meet Nick Huxley (University of Brighton), whose research explores AI tutor bots in primary education - and what they mean for teachers, learners, and the future of classrooms.
Speaking of Research: The SCDTP Podcast
Podcast · The South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership · Speaking of Research is a podcast from the ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership. In Series One, recorded at Cumberland Lodge in…
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December 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
SCDTP student Victoria Giacomelli discuss the global challenge of children's thriving. Her findings show that children possess health literacy - & early support can shape lifelong healthy habits.
Episode 2 of series 2 in the SCDTP podcast series Speaking of Research is here! 🔈https://open.spotify.com/episode/6sREpZgwjj20Y7PI7skIvF
Health Literacy in Early Childhood with Victoria Giacomelli
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Episode 2 of series 2 in the SCDTP podcast series Speaking of Research is here! 🔈https://open.spotify.com/episode/6sREpZgwjj20Y7PI7skIvF
Health Literacy in Early Childhood with Victoria Giacomelli
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November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
@scdtp.bsky.social Folk - there is loads of useful stuff here
A new series of videos outlines methods for big qual analysis.

The videos, available to access for free on the NCRM website, provide short overviews of four different approaches.

Access the videos: www.ncrm.ac.uk/about/engage...

#ResearchMethods #QualitativeData
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM